Letters to T.F. Dibdin, concerning his Reminiscences of a literary life (London, 1836).
Dates
- Creation: 1834-1837
Extent
0.10 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. misc. d. 85, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. misc. d. 85-86
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12896
Abstract
Letters to T.F. Dibdin
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847) was Vicar of Exning, an antiquary and bibliographer. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 45132-45133.
Custodial History
The collection is said by Puttick & Simpson to have been bound and given by Dibdin to Dawson Turner. Puttick & Simpson sold the collection in the Turner sale on the 6th June 1859, lot 114.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The letters were bought from G.H. Last in 1917.
Topical
- Title
- Letters to T.F. Dibdin
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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